Coral (color)

A coral-colored Algerian coral

The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.

Template:Infobox color The web color coral is a shade of orange. It is displayed adjacent. Other modern color schemes use different shades of orange or red.

The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.<ref>Template:Cite book Color sample of coral: page 27, plate 2, color sample J10.</ref> Template:-

Variations of coral

Coral red

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Coral pink

The color coral pink is displayed adjacent, a pinkish color.<ref name=ISCC-NBS/>

The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892.<ref>Template:Cite book. Color sample of coral pink: page 27, plate 2, color sample F9.</ref> Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish.

Still today, some people call coral red "coral pink" due to this old attribution.

The normalized color coordinates for coral pink are identical to Congo pink, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1912.<ref>Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Congo Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample C10</ref> Template:-

Light coral

The web color light coral is a pinkish-light orange color as displayed adjacent. It is also a HTML/CSS color name and a X11 color name. Template:-

See also

• List of colors
• RAL 3016 Coral red